Authors : Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R. R. Virdi Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in The Expanding Universe 5: A Science Fiction Exploration Contains some harsh language. A Little Bit of Kali (Part 1 of 2) By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and […] Source
Author : Brian K. Lowe Narrator : Roderick Aust Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Rights and Wrongs was originally published in Intergalactic Medicine Show, February 2014. Mentions death, murder and the death penalty. Rights and Wrongs By Brian K. Lowe “Tell me again who I pissed off to get this […] Source
Author : Sameem Siddiqui Narrator : Arun Jiwa Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums AirBody first appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (April 2020), and was the Winner of the 2020 Clarkesworld Readers Poll Contains some harsh language. AirBody by Sameem Siddiqui Amazing how all Desi aunties are basically the same. […] Source
Author : Tobias S. Buckell Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Machine That Would Rewild Humanity originally appeared in Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology (2020). Isolated cursing and suggestion of violence. The Machine That Would Rewild Humanity By Tobias S. Buckell On a boat on […] Source
Author : Jaxton Kimble Narrator : Mat Weller Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 788: Broken (Flashback Friday) is an Escape Pod original. Contains a couple intimate moments. Broken by Jaxton Kimble My favorite part about skimming is that I’m not broken when I do it. It […] Source
Author : Sarah Kumari Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 787: Ascend, Exalt, Love, Propagate, Rise! is an Escape Pod original. Suggestions of sex and description of sexual assault. Ascend, Exalt, Love, Propagate, Rise! By Sarah Kumari The Glory smolders through Jehanne’s bloodstream, […] Source
Author : Jennifer Lee Rossman Narrator : Ellora Sen-Gupta Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 786: The Steel Magnolia Metaphor is an Escape Pod original. Contains mentions of cancer and death. The Steel Magnolia Metaphor by Jennifer Lee Rossman Each petal was carefully shaped from the finest […] Source
Author : Sherin Nicole Narrator : Laurice White Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 785: Death, the Universe, and Everything is an Escape Pod original. Contains descriptions of death and suicide. An international list of suicide prevention hotlines and other suicide prevention resources is available HERE. Death, […] Source
Author : Catherine George Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (December 2019). Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet by Catherine George Tight Squeeze That solo! Art blowing so hard and so hot, jumping out like […] Source
Author : T. Kingfisher Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Report of Dr. Hollowmas on the Incident at Jackrabbit Five originally appeared in Escape Pod: the Science Fiction Anthology in 2020. Mild descriptions of labor and birth. Report of Dr. Hollowmas on the Incident […] Source
Author : Innocent Chizaram Ilo Narrator : Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 782: Electronic Ghosts is an Escape Pod original. Electronic Ghosts By Innocent Chizaram Ilo I If Nneora had died two weeks earlier, her daughter, Anaeto, would not have resurrected her ghost. That was […] Source
Author : Marika Bailey Narrator : Eden Royce Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Seed Vault” was originally published in Strange Horizons (Nov 2019) Seed Vault (Part 2) By Marika Bailey The desert rain has lulled me and I sleep all the way through the daylight hours. It is […] Source
Author : Marika Bailey Narrator : Eden Royce Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Seed Vault” was originally published in Strange Horizons (Nov 2019) Seed Vault (Part 1) By Marika Bailey 1. FIRE I should tell you about the gods, yes? Good setting for it. Here in the desert, […] Source
Author : Cliff Winnig Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Norm Sherman Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in the anthology When the Hero Comes Home: 2 and first appeared on Escape Pod episode 507 on October 22, 2015. The Call of the Sky By Cliff Winnig The […] Source
Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Justin C. Key Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 778: The Machine is Experiencing Uncertainty is an Escape Pod original. The Machine is Experiencing Uncertainty by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Caliban cycles the captain out the airlock again. The man pounds […] Source
Author : Sarah Gailey Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums “Bargain” first appeared in Mothership Zeta (Dec 2015) Bargain by Sarah Gailey Malachai loved his work. He loved wandering among the trappings of enormous wealth and influence, seeing the baubles that humans excreted to […] Source
Author : Sarah Pauling Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Phoebe Barton Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 777: The Dame With the Earth at Her Back is an Escape Pod original. The Dame With the Earth at Her Back By Sarah Pauling That’s the trouble with Teegarden’s northern latitudes: the […] Source
Authors : Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Narrator : Karlo Yeager Rodriguez Host : Matthew Olivas Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Tloque Nahuaque originally apeared in Future Lovecraft, Innsmouth Free Press, 2011 (translated from the Spanish by Silvia Moreno-Garcia). Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s website is at https://www.silviamoreno-garcia.com/. Tloque Nahuaque By Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas, […] Source...
Author : Greg van Eekhout Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Spaceship October originally appeared in Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology in 2020. Death and killing, but no gore. Spaceship October By Greg van Eekhout When you live on a spaceship, you learn to make […] Source
Author : Gwynne Garfinkle Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in GigaNotoSaurus (March 2020) Contains cursing and discussions of sex. A Wild Patience (Part 3 of 3) by Gwynne Garfinkle When Jessica got home that night, she and I talked for […] Source
Author : Gwynne Garfinkle Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in GigaNotoSaurus (March 2020) A Wild Patience (Part 2 of 3) by Gwynne Garfinkle The next day, school was in an uproar. The other mothers had talked to their kids too. […] Source
Author : Gwynne Garfinkle Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in GigaNotoSaurus (March 2020) Contains cursing and discussions of sex. A Wild Patience (Part 1 of 3) by Gwynne Garfinkle We first noticed something was off one April afternoon when Jessica […] Source
Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Dave Thompson Hosts : Norm Sherman and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Mat Weller and Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 771: The Mercy of Theseus (Flashback Friday) is an Escape Pod original. The Mercy of Theseus first appeared on Escape Pod on Episode 472 on December 19, 2014. The Mercy […] Source
Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : M. Darusha Wehm Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Analog (August 2017) The First Trebuchet on Mars by Marie Vibbert If you come to Mars you need to know that in the twelfth century a French engineer named […] Source
Author : Eris Young Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 769: Deal is an Escape Pod original. Illness Deal By Eris Young Beulah wonders what it would be like to touch the Visitor. Oil-slick iridescent, it is tennis ball-sized and scaled with an […] Source
Author : Justin C. Key Narrator : Laurice White Host : Jay Bhat Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 768: Balancing the Equation is an Escape Pod original. Contains strong language, and the death of a child Balancing the Equation by Justin C. Key June 18, 2031 Lauren led her two-year-old […] Source
Author : Paul Di Filippo Narrator : Scott Fletcher Hosts : Serah Eley and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Serah Eley Discuss on Forums Contains violence, some sexual content, and disturbing themes. Shadowboxer (Excerpt) By Paul Di Filippo Generally speaking, I need only three minutes of concentrated attention to kill someone by […] Source
Author : Derrick Boden Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 766: The Unrepentant is an Escape Pod original. This story has content notifications for language and violence. The Unrepentant by Derrick Boden First time I saw her, she was bleeding from her left […] Source
Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 765: Tru Luv is an Escape Pod original. Tru Luv By Sarah Pinsker The first three Tru fanatics were already waiting outside Meetspace when Molly arrived to open the bar. They were easy […] Source
Author : Frank Wu Narrator : Roderick Aust Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story originally appeared in Analog Magazine in November 2016. It won the AnLab Award for short story. In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary By Frank Wu Karl 3478 sprawled on the beach, […] Source
